Show DOINGS IN CONGRESS washinton washington ton april 20 the senate was not in sessi session orif in the house mr crawford satish satisfied led aed that no quorum was wa present moved to adjourn till tuesday ile he was ned the house should transact no business ba siness without a quorum if there was power to enforce the rules dir clr mr houston said as the house yesterday refused to adjourn till the of april he was in favor of remaining here ana ani doing something they could act on such bills as were reported in accordance with the esa estimates and about which there was no controversy mr crawfords Craw fords forda motion was 25 against 94 the house passed the senate bill granting a pension pe nilon of fifty dollars per month each to the widows respectively of generals macomb smith and riley mr mf campbell from the committee on elections made a report on the nebraska contested seat case concluding with a resolution that samuel G daly instead of mr eastabrook is entitled cn titled to the seat as the delegate A number of private bills were passed mr burlingame introduced a resolution ix aich was passed instructing the committee on foreign affairs to inquire into the expediency of raising the sardinian mission to one of first class adjourned till monday april 23 in the senate the chair presented a message from the president transmitting trans transmitting mittin 1 the instructions given to mr nin mclane when minister 91 in to china on motion of mr yulee a resolution was adopted calling on the postmaster general for copies of tb the e contracts executed with daisiel baidel johnson and cornelius vanderbilt respectively for mail service between new york and san francisco and new orleans and san francisco by way of the isthmus after other unimportant un import ant business the senate adjourned until thursday the in the house mr phelps moved that inasmuch as there was not a working quorum present that when the house adjourned that it should be till the on the question bein being taken on mr phelps motion it was decided in in the negative 24 against the ibe house went into the committee of the whole on the state of the union speeches were made on the slavery question by avery and jones and on the tariff byar morrill adjourned april in the house a e message from the president was received in reply to a resolution in which he says since the admission of minnesota into the union no act has been performed by him recognising recognizing the existence of an organised organized sed government in the remaining or outside territory ol 01 minnesota the house went into the committee of the whole on the state of the union mr bingham reviewed with severity the political conduct of those whom he characterized as the sectional slave power and advocated the exclusion of slavery from all place places where the united states government has jurisdiction j uris as the best method of allaying 0 sectional strife mr noell alluded to the history of political parties defending the democracy mr campbell advocated the protection of american industry with his bis constituents it was wis a question of bread mr howard defined his bis position as a democrat declaring himself in favor of popular sovereignty to the fullest extent mr mcknight made a speech in favor of the protection of american industry and against pro slavery sectionalism and especially the calhoun doama do ma that the constitution of its own streng strength tb went into the territories and there protected slavery mr zjr morris of penn deprecated the negi neglect act of the material interests of the country and the exclusive discussion of sectional questions it should be the aim of american statesmen to remove as far as possible all causes of alienation and distrust between the different sections of the nation and beek seek rather to unite them by common interests as a people the committee rose and the house adjourned jour jur ned april 23 in the house mr colfax introduced by unanimous consent a bill providing that the regular dealers in newspapers and periodicals may receive packages by mail at pro rata rates maps engravings phonogram chic paper and envelopes books bound and unbound blank or printed cards to go through the mails malls at one cent per ounce under 1500 miles now charged letter postage by a recent decision of the department and the present california postage to apply on letters carried by tiie tue overland mail from the atlantic states to the pacific coast even if under miles mr colfax stated that he would call up the bill when the house was full the house then went into committee of the whole on the state of the union mr morris of illinois asked the unanimous consent of the house to introduce a resolution I 1 desire to have it read and I 1 will say if there is no objection I 1 shall propose to have the consideration of the resolution post toned boned for some five or six weeks the subject is i one of importance and one upon which I 1 desire to be heard the resolution is as follows resolved by the senate and bouse house of representatives of the united states of america di in in congress assembled that the I 1 hon on james L orr of the state of south carolina general alexander NY doniphan of the state of missouri and governor john wood of the state of 11 II iino lino 8 be and they are hereby appointed commissioners on the part art of the united states to proceed to sa salt sait t lake city in the territory of utah and negotiate rie ile with the cormons mormons for the purchase of mir gir their possessions for and on behalf of the general government upon the express understanding and agreement and none other that they shall remove within n a reao reasonable nabie time from without the limits and jurisdiction of the american republic p u alic that the said commissioners be and they hey t ate hereby invested with plenary powers t to 0 negotiate witt with with the said mormons cormons for the object i act aforesaid that they be instructed to say to said sald a id people eople that in the judgment of congress de deliberately ibera tely formed their peculiar institutions organization or and practices are such that it will jill be in impossible possible for them in a government like ours if the future can be judged by the past to maintain themselves for any great reat length of time that the peace of the united nitea states as well as their own welfare and safety imperiously require their r removal as aforesaid that said removal ought houghto I 1 0 be and can be effected if they will consult their best interest in a quiet manner and to the advantage of all parties as congress most earnestly hopes it may be that experience has shown and their history in ohio missouri and illinois from each of which states the people were in turn compelled to drive them abundantly proves they cannot live in peace and good neighborhood with ariy arny other community contiguous to them that commotion war bloodshed and almost every conceivable species of crime characterize their conduct that entertaining the views and practicing the the abominations they do in total disregard of all respect to god and man religion and morality and situated as they are upon the direct route or highway to the pacific ocean where h e r e as sad experience has shown they ca cannot b be brought to justice by process of law it is useless for congress to disguise the fact or attempt to do it that deadly feuds and civil war between them and other settlers on both sides of the rocky mountains will inevitably evit ably occur and hence it is our duty both to them and the country to warn them of the consequences and avert the calamity if possible by paying them a fair compensation for their property and thus give them no reasonable ground to complain of a removal that the government of the united states has the power and it is its bounden duty to protect itself from internal as well as external foes who defy and condemn its author authority it 1 while receiving its protection and seek to SN subvert and overthrow its good or ler and well be ing 1119 and that the mormons cormons Mor mons having furnished by their own misconduct continued for a long series of years the most undoubted evidence of their hostility to it and of their being a band or association of alien enemies in our midst disregarding and trampling upon all the sacred obligations of patriotism and all the duties of ciz citizens en they will have no ju just s t cause of complaint if they are not tolerated te d in their shameful and nd iniquitous course having baying long iong since declared themselves by their acts both moral and governmental outlaws who cannot be dealt with and punished in our courts as other criminals that the commissioners aforesaid shall report their action in the premises to the next session session of the present congress and shall i 1 each receive a compensation of ten dollars per er day for the time actually employed in the discharge of their duties and all necessary expenses both to be certified to by themselves and paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated that it shall be the duty of the president of the united states to cause to be transmitted to the said commissioners immediately upon the passage and approval of the foregoing resolutions an authenticated copy thereof and if they accept the appointment ointment therein conferred they shall notify rim tim him of the fact within ten days after the receipt of said resolutions and in the event they neglect or fail to do so it shall be the further duty of the President and he is hereby empowered to appoint others in in their places who shall be vested with the same powers perform the same duties and receive the same game compensation as the commissioners specified or named herein mr florence briefly explained his tariff substitute claiming claiming that it avoids the perplexities and complications of the main bill mr curtis gave notice that at an early day he int intended len a ded to bring the pacific railroad bill I 1 before the house for discussion and passage mr eliot in the course of his remarks said that it would be the happiest day of his life when at t the pro proper p er time and under proper surroundings roun dings and a at t a proper request of the citizens of the district of columbia he could aid them to strike off the shackles of the slaves mr corwin in reply to mr eliote allusion to him said he did not agree to all the provisions of the fugitive slave law if he had bad been in congress when it passed he would not have voted for it preferring the old law mr eliot wai was glad to hear these sentiments of the gentleman if mr corwin w would ou 1 go 0 one or two steps further they could s shake hands if his friends with his clear perception would reflect he would come to the e conclusion that there was no power found in the constitution for the fugitive slave law carter eliot and dawes contro averted the positions of mr corwin who in his further remarks kept the committee in remarkably good humor when his hour ex was a general beneral acquiescence abathe that he should continue his his speech mr curtis wished to know how bow much time lime he wanted mr cowin corwin thought thou abt he would get pet through before the chicago convention laughter ile lle ie made some good natured hits at the south which vere were all received in a similar spirit ile eie said among other things that bome some would dissolve the union tomorrow to morrow because their negroes ran eo so fast they cannot catch them bue bur they ought to recollect that these thes e negroes have llave to run through slave states before they get et to free why not cot kill the n negroes south because they dont catch the fugitive laughter te r john solin brown got pot go up a scheme in chatham li a to opera operate te in virginia contrary to our laws why not call on the british government I 1 to deliver up those engaged in the transactions if there was no other ower reason why this was not done il it was because great britain wants mir nur cotton and we dont want to go to war with her laughter it would not be long before massachusetts following the example of indiana would pass a law preventing ventin free negroes coming thither and so it would oe e with other orber free fru states when they found that they were going to have a negro pauper population opu lation his s speech bech was generally moderate and conciliatory cili clil atory the committee rose and the house adjourned jour ned april 26 in the senate several executive communications were received mr foster introduced a bill to provide for progress in the useful arts referred the veto message of the president on the bill for the relief of 0 arthur edwards was ordered to be printed adjourned till monday the jn in the house mr smith va rising to a oue question stion of privilege read an extract from mr ginghams Bing hams speech in which the latter said that maryland Md ryland tolerated open and active efforts among her citizens for the abolition of domestic slavery and that virginia felt and saw in every fabre fibre of her existence that she must either throw off that giant wrong or perish by reason of its continuance mr smith said that supposing the gentleman from ohio did not desire to do injustice he smith sought to correct him by remarking that he did not want the gentlemen to say that virginia did that some of her politicians did it but virginia repudiated it mr bingham ohio replied that he was speaking of the politicians of virginia ile he wished to say that the south has men superior to all such narrow bim bigoted big doted selfish mercenary poeju prejudices dices and practices but unhappily the gentleman from virginia is not of them mr smith after reading the above said that it would be observed that here was a broad denunciation of the entire south and virginia especially the great body of its people pe ople opie are accused of being narrow bigoted bi selfish and mercenary and that he anith onith smith was one of them did he understand mr bingham as meaning what he said mr bingham I 1 meant what I 1 said mr smith it is false and the man who utters it is a deliberate calumniator mr bingham replied that the gent lemans declaration is not very likely to cause him to strike out the facts of history what nhat ile he eald eaid he stood by the colloquy between mr smith and mr bingham was continued at great length the house then went into committe of the whole on the state of the union mr jenkins va argued that the success of the republican party would fill the people of the south with just alarm apprehension and feud even to the dissolution of the union mr washburne wis denounced the fugitive slave law which the supreme court of the state had in an unanswerable argument 0 pronounced unconstitutional the committee arose and the house adjourned jour ned |